Fishing with a Legend
July 11, 2005 by JD
Filed under Fishing Stories
The General’s rod tip pumped twice as the big king mouthed his silver and chartreuse K16 Kwikfish. He let the fish take the plug for a second longer and then jumped from his seat and jerked his rod wildly to bury the hooks. The blue GLoomis doubled over and bent almost to the cork under the strain of yet another jumbo salmon streaking, hell-bent for Bristol Bay.
Each time the fish burned line from the reel, the General squealed with delight like a kid watching fireworks on the Fourth of July. After a very spirited battle, the huge buck finally succumbed to the General’s steady pressure and I was able to slide the net under it. Back at the lodge, the other clients couldn’t believe the General’s luck. All week long, he had been bringing in the biggest fish of the day and today was no different.
I even heard one envious angler in the crowd mutter “what the heck did he do to deserve all that luck?”
Well, a lot actually.